Welcome to this month’s post on all things historical fiction! First of all, congratulations to Alice Jolly, who has won this year’s Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The winner was announced at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland yesterday, chosen from a shortlist of five books. The winning novel, The Matchbox Girl, is one of the shortlisted titles that I haven’t read yet. It tells the story of Adelheid Brunner, a mute autistic patient of Dr Hans Asperger in the Vienna Children’s Hospital during the 1930s, while the city is occupied by the Nazis. I’m not sure if I’ll like it as it seems to be written in an unusual style, but I do have a copy of it and will try to get to it soon. Moving on, last December I posted a list of upcoming historical fiction being published in 2026. Now that we’re halfway through the year, more titles have been announced so I thought I would post an updated list below for the rest of the year. This is simply a selection of books that have…
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